Race 6 - Dubai Islands Handicap - Dirt.
Meydan · Friday, 12 Dec · 20:25
· 6f
· DIRT
WEIGHEDIN
Status
16:25
Off time
12
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 12 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2.75
7/4
02 · 🥈 2nd
6.50
11/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
8
7/1
04 · —
8.50
15/2
05 · —
12
11/1
06 · —
12
11/1
07 · —
13
12/1
08 · —
15
14/1
09 · —
17
16/1
10 · —
21
20/1
11 · —
26
25/1
12 · —
29
28/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1 | 1 |
Asad Zabeel (H)
FAV
Five wins from 16 Flat runs. Career best when winning 8-runner handicap at this course (7f, 10/1). Off 10 months. Respected despite further 5 Ib rise.
|
1691/14- | R Mullen | M Mheiri | 6 | 62.1 kg |
2.75
7/4
|
| 1st | 2 | 12 |
Drew's Gold (G)
[TB]
50/1, 14¾ lengths last of 11 to Dark Saffron in Dubai Golden Shaheen at this C&D. Off 8 months. First run for yard after leaving Julio Olascoaga. Makes handicap debut and can make presence felt down in grade.
|
5/3901-1 | T P O'Shea | B Seemar | 5 | 60.8 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| 2nd | 3 | 9 |
Echo Point (G)
Course winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this year. 8/1, respectable 3 lengths seventh of 15 to Dark Trooper in listed race at Abu Dhabi (7f, good) 6 days ago. More needed from career high mark.
|
72-4220 | Connor Beasley | M Mheiri | 7 | 60.8 kg |
12
11/1
|
| 5th | 4 | 8 |
Army Ethos (G)
Creditable 2¾ lengths third of 9 to Piz Nair in local Group 1 at Sakhir (7f, good). Off 8 months. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.
|
35-9667 | A de Vries | F Nass | 4 | 59.4 kg |
15
14/1
|
| 7th | 5 | 5 |
Ma Yetal (G)
Course winner. Tongue strap on for 1st time, well-beaten eleventh of 12 to Tuz in Mahab Al Shimaal at this C&D (18/1). Off 9 months. Makes handicap debut. Needs to bounce back.
|
1/1-70 | S De Sousa | M Costa | 4 | 59.4 kg |
8
7/1
|
| 11th | 6 | 2 |
Mister Saint Paul (H)
[H1T]
23¼ lengths fifteenth of 16 to Discovery Island in Burj Nahaar at this course (8f, 22/1). Off over 2 years. Down in trip on handicap bow.
|
4680/06- | Jose Santiago | S Ghadayer | 6 | 58.5 kg |
29
28/1
|
| 12th | 7 | 11 |
Chaldero (G)
4 wins from 8 runs this year. Latest win at Longchamp in September. Creditable seventh of 13 in minor event at Velka Chuchle (7f, good) 83 days ago.
|
988000 | R Dawson | M N Nieslanik | 5 | 57.2 kg |
26
25/1
|
| 6th | 8 | 10 |
Desperate Hero (G)
Fourth of 9 in handicap at Jebel Ali (5f, 7/1) 27 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.
|
4-47718 | Bernardo Pinheiro | S Ghadayer | 5 | 56.7 kg |
21
20/1
|
| 3rd | 9 | 6 |
Straight And Level (G)
[B]
Creditable fifth of 12 in handicap (11/4) at Abu Dhabi (7f, good) 28 days ago.
|
0253-04 | A Fresu | B Seemar | 5 | 56.7 kg |
8.50
15/2
|
| 9th | 10 | 4 |
Deep Hope (G)
[TB]
Nine wins from 34 Flat runs. Well-beaten seventh of 8 to Echo Point in handicap at this course (7f, 15/8) 21 days ago. Expected to be bang there with that run under his belt.
|
-95300 | Sandro Paiva | B Seemar | 6 | 54 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 8th | 11 | 7 |
Dapper Valley (G)
3 wins from 12 runs this year. 5/1, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at Kempton (6f) 65 days ago. First run for yard after leaving James Owen. Interesting UAE recruit if taking to dirt.
|
870311 | Andrew Slattery | B Seemar | 4 | 53.1 kg |
12
11/1
|
| 10th | 12 | 3 |
Road Bloc (G)
[B]
C&D winner. Latest win here in November. Fifth of 8 in handicap (3/1) at this C&D 7 days ago.
|
0-00098 | S Hitchcott | O Refai | 7 | 53.1 kg |
17
16/1
|
Betting forecast: Asad Zabeel (7/4), Drew's Gold (11/2), Ma Yetal (7/1), Straight And Level (15/2), Echo Point (11/1), Dapper Valley (11/1), Deep Hope (12/1), Army Ethos (14/1), Road Bloc (16/1), Desperate Hero (20/1), Chaldero (25/1), Mister Saint Paul (28/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 179998.0 AED |
| P2 | 59998.0 AED |
| P3 | 30001.0 AED |
| P4 | 15001.0 AED |
| P5 | 9002.0 AED |